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AN ACT
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relating to the state cemetery. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2165.256, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the property other |
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than the property described as Lot No. 5, Division B, City of |
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Austin, Travis County, Texas, is no longer dedicated for cemetery |
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purposes as part of the State Cemetery as provided by that |
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subsection if, not later than December 31, 2014: |
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(1) the State Cemetery Committee: |
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(A) makes affirmative findings that: |
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(i) the property is no longer needed for |
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cemetery purposes; |
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(ii) proceeds from a real property |
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transaction involving the property described by this subsection |
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will be used to further the goals of the State Cemetery Committee, |
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including capital improvements or major repairs or renovations to |
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the State Cemetery, or for a purpose described by Subsection (p); |
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and |
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(iii) concerns expressed by residents of |
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neighborhoods in the vicinity of the property have been considered |
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and that efforts have been made to address those concerns; and |
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(B) expressly consents by a majority vote of the |
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committee to remove the dedication; and |
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(2) the chair of the State Cemetery Committee files in |
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the deed records of Travis County and submits for publication in the |
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Texas Register a document indicating that the dedication is |
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removed. |
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(d) Persons eligible for burial in the State Cemetery are: |
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(1) a former member of the legislature or a member who |
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dies in office; |
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(2) a former elective state official or an elective |
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state official who dies in office; |
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(3) a former state official or a state official who |
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dies in office who has been appointed by the governor and confirmed |
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by the senate and who served at least 10 [12] years in the office to |
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which appointed; |
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(4) a person specified by a governor's proclamation, |
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subject to review and approval by the committee under Subsection |
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(e); |
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(5) a person specified by a concurrent resolution |
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adopted by the legislature, subject to review and approval by the |
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committee under Subsection (e); and |
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(6) a person specified by order of the committee under |
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Subsection (e). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1871 passed the Senate on |
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May 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendments on May 24, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1871 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 1, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |